Zenith 1961 BW rescue from snowbank

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by truetone36

Slightly off-topic - Are those neon sign transformers I see to the right of the set in the first pic?

Not quite, those are 8,000 volt capacitors that were removed from 12.47 kV substation switchgear. They were connected in a wye configuartion to improve power factor. Thanks for asking, I have a future project there involving a neon sign transformer and a few 1B3 tubes.

Quote Those were work horse chassis. I've got a '59 model with that chassis design, and I think they kept selling that basic chassis design until at least the late 60's.
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Now that you mention it, I had several 1965-6 Zenith 23" BW all with a very similar chassis. I sold them all in the mid-80s for about $30-40 each, never had a complaint about those workhorses!